Need to rapidly absorb new technology in Railways: Ashwini Vaishnaw

There is an urgent need to absorb new technologies in the Indian Railways according to Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

“The Railways has been unable to absorb technology during our journey of more than 70 years. Even today we have locomotives running that were designed in 1950s and 1970s. There are operational coaches that have been phased out in other parts of the world in 1970s and 1975s,” Vaishnaw said while addressing the Investiture Ceremony of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in New Delhi.

“So we need to rapidly absorb technology, be it for rolling stock, construction, safety, cyber security, or in situations where there is a human interface,” he added.